Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun sg] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh my whizzy holder 's in the , in the , in the ruck |
| 2 | My hon. Friend is in the same party as I am , as far as I understand . |
| 3 | My real home is in the country near Hungerford . |
| 4 | My early training was in the sciences . |
| 5 | I joined the committee and my principal activity was in the end to assist in procuring its dissolution . |
| 6 | My rightful place is at the top . |
| 7 | My poor master was in the depths of despair . |
| 8 | My Lords , I do n't think co-option is satisfactory under these circumstances er I think my erm th the Noble Lord has a good route er has a good number but a bad route and that my Noble Friend is in the position to propose a good route er if he will get the right number . |
| 9 | And although my initial work was with the individual child , I found that in a large number of cases , the parental interest was of a high order and , and the children 's willingness to involve parents in their behavioural difficulties was also of a high order , so I found myself working not just within the school , not just with the child , but in a parent-child situation . |
| 10 | Erm my initial talk is on the actual breakdown of the costing for this exercise . |
| 11 | My immediate thought was for the very basic question of acquiring premises , space to accommodate staff and the books we have purchased . |
| 12 | My only worry is at the moment , it does seem to be a military one . |
| 13 | My only reservation is about the choice of Linda Finnie for the ‘ child 's view of heaven ’ song in the finale . |
| 14 | My only reservation is about the salt . |
| 15 | When I first started with the team at Moor Lane my particular responsibility was for the children 's talks . |
| 16 | My particular obsession is with the Abwehr , German Military Intelligence . |
| 17 | I come down stairs sideways , so my whole foot 's on the stair so there 's less chance of me falling down . |
| 18 | There was nothing alarming in the proceedings and my abiding memory is of the closing act , being exhorted to greet and hug one another , something I found exceedingly strange . |
| 19 | Their restraint was mainly due to their feeling of strangeness — it was unique for them to be sharing the seats with the men , their usual place being in the high gallery around the side-walls . |
| 20 | The amnesty welcomed students to return to China " no matter what their political attitude was in the past " , and said that there would be no investigation into " wrong things " they had said or committed abroad . |
| 21 | Its public premiere was at the Theatre Royal , Brighton , on 19 May 1947 , first night of a tour which also brought the company a change of name , to Sadler 's Wells Theatre Ballet . |
| 22 | Articulate women , anxious to lead purposeful lives , found it impossible to dismiss the idea , supported as it was by scientific theories of sexual difference , that their proper place was in the home . |
| 23 | " Auntie 's bedroom window does n't look in that direction at all ; her old office-block is on the other side of the house . " |
| 24 | But its real purpose is for the prospective auditor/adviser to be made aware of all the relevant facts before taking on the assignment . |
| 25 | It is included at this point on the grounds that its central focus is on the meanings and understandings that people use to make sense of their everyday lives . |
| 26 | Since its early expression was in the form of sexual relations between conquering white soldiers and dominated Indian women , it has taken on a distinctly aggressive element which can emerge in the form of violence . |
| 27 | It employs 370,000 , more than the car industry , and its annual turnover is in the region of £3 billion . |
| 28 | The castle dominates the city and one of the best views of its imposing mass is from the opposite bank of the River Vltava in the Old Town ( Staré Město ) either by day , or floodlit by night . |
| 29 | Evidently unc gives a row which is the sum of all the rows of A and A{gs} sums all the columns of A. Its principal use is in the checking of numerical operations . |
| 30 | Her packed suitcase was in the back of the bedroom cupboard . |